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men of the whole world that feed as high as the Illinois 

 dairymen. The Eastern dairyman cannot afford to feed, for 

 his grain is worth more than his milk. There is no reason 

 why we should not make the best product in the world. 

 He admired a man who could make a good cheese without 

 using a particle of cream. The skimmed cheese was really 

 the philosopher's stone. 



C. C. BuELL : Was . amazed that so much could be 

 said on this matter of skimming ; he really did not know 

 how to vote. It was all plain, for it rested with the farmers 

 — they were to blame if there was any blame ; did not 

 think any resolutions would prevent it. 



Mr. Lord : Said the question had been discussed at 

 every m.eeting of this convention, and now some action 

 should be taken. Silence gives consent. 



W. H. Stewart: The resolutions seemed like an 

 attempt to shift the responsibility — it was always somebody 

 else. The remedy lies just where the crime lies. No one 

 wanted to go smelling around, and tell his neighbor he was 

 skimming his milk and that it was wicked, and that he 

 should cease the practice at once — or go where wickedness 

 finds its reward ; this would be a small and mean thing to 

 do. Factories are thick ; confusion would be the result. 

 The farmer and not the factoryman should make the charge. 

 There is no way to get at it. Who is going around to find 

 it out ? It would be similar to the tax on incomes ; it 

 would be odious — it could not be done. Did not like the 

 resolutions. 



Mr. Lord said : It was stated here yesterday that the 

 farmers were the dishonest ones ; if this was not true, it 

 should not be said. If there is no way to find this out, 

 then this statement should not be made. The person who 



